Ive been throwing ideas around in my head for a while.
I know studs are more reliable but will bolts be sufficient.
My setup will be a 383 with approximately 11:1 cam has .525/.540 lift and 242/252 dur @.050 would studs be a necessity with this kind of compression or would bolts be fine.

I personally prefer bolts for a few reasons. The new generation of stuff from companies like ARP are overkill even at your pressures. Studs sometimes interfere with headers (which is a very small thing, but can be inconvenient making you grind on the flanges of your sexy ceramic coated headers.)

I also like the fact that when (notice I didn't say if ) you blow a gasket, drop a valve, yadda yadda, removing a head in a car with studs almost always means pulling the engine. Removing the head with bolts is easy as pie.

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